Method for changing removable bearing for a wind turbine generator

Patent · Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:1014507

Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran ^[1]; Jansen, Patrick Lee ^[2]; Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya ^[3]

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1. Niskayuna, NY
2. Scotia, NY
3. Rexford, NY

A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly to be removed when the removable mounting bolts are removed.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 7,360,310
• Application Number: 11/243,531
• OSTI ID: 1014507
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English